For the City Theatre Groningen (SSB) I interviewed composer Fabrizio Cassol as an introduction before Coup Fatal by Alain Platel.
We spoke about the mutual needs of Africa and Europe, the Sapeurs, the music in the piece, how it all began and a little about the backgrounds of both lead singer Serge Kakudji and Fabrizio himself.
(Embedded audio item from Archive.org – may take some time to load)
Here’s a shorter version I edited, also on archive.org